#Hitachi Drive: HELP!
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Could somebody please help me?
We've got a Hitachi CD ROM Drive, Model CDR-1503S, with a CD-IFI4 interface
card, HITACHI.SYS version 1.01 or 1.02 or 1.02M (the date is different than
what it should be) and MSCDEX.EXE version 2.00 and 2.22 (which came with DOS
6.0). Our systems consist of 80386+ machines running DOS 5.0+.
We don't have the manuals, however I was able to download a Hitachi Manual file
from the forum (thanks to the person who uploaded it!!!! :).
I have tried *everything* which it has suggested, and can not seem to get the
computer to recognize that the CD-ROM is connected. The device drivers appear
to load fine, as well as MSCDEX.EXE.
The drive appears to work fine… when the disk is loaded, you can hear it spin
up to speed. THE PROBLEM: Whenever I try to access the drive (such as DIR
D:), there is a pause of a few seconds, then a message "Invalid device request
reading device CROM1. Abort, Retry, Ignore, or Fail?". And that's all it
does. The manual suggested typing "COPY CDROM1 C:TEM.XXX" which I have done.
An error message occurs, which indicates that the driver is not loaded.
My question is this: What is wrong??? Do I need a more current device driver,
and if so, where/how can I get one?
The intention is to get the CD-ROM player up and running on a Lantastic Network
running NOS v4.10 on a 486DX 66Mhz machine. Will I have problems with the
faster bus speed?
Thanks in advance to all who take time to respond. You help is much
appreciated!
If you're already on the network (since you mentioned trying to install a drive
on computers, plural), there's a software switch for mscdex that you may need,
/S, used in networking situations. 'Fraid I don't know much more than that
about it, other than a bit mentioned in my file Laser3.txt in Lib #4. Hope
that might provide a clue. There's also a lot of additional troubleshooting
material there…
possible address conflict with LAN card. Can DA.EXE access and read the mode
of the drive? What address does the card use? The old drivers could be part
of the problem. If DA.EXE works (PC/ISA bus required), I would get the new
drivers on CDREXT5D disk, about $30 retail. Try Laser Resources in carson, ca
for disk. 310 AC.
Try changing the device driver from HITACHI.SYS to HITACHIA.SYS. They should
both be on the same distribution diskette. The HITACHI.SYS is for the PS/2
family while the HITACHIA.SYS is for IBM compatibles.
Norm Desmarais